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n. Variant of cowrie.

n. Any of the marine molluscs of the genus Cypraea.

n. The money cowry, Cypraea moneta.

n. The popular name of Cypræa moneta, a small yellowish-white shell with a fine gloss, used by various peoples as money.

n. In general, any shell of the genus Cypræa or family Cypræidæ.

n. A unit of surface used in Hindustan, equal to a square yard.

n. any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells

"The idea that the cowry was the giver of life and the parent of men was also transferred to crude stone imitations of the shell."

univalve    gastropod   

head of cowries   

cypraea moneta    money cowrie    cypraea tigris    tiger cowrie   

ormer    variously-coloured    over-blouse    pawprint    cowrie    coral-red    blue-glass    rock-steady    extra-european    pre-colombian